Google has announced that it had paid over $6 million for security researchers through its Vulnerability Rewards Program since 2010. Last year it paid more than 300 different security researchers more than $200,000 for finding more than 750 bugs and vulnerabilities in Chrome and other Google Products, including largest single payment of $37,500 to an Android security researcher. Continue reading “Google paid over $6 million for security researchers, over $2 million in 2015”
Google is apparently working together with Movidius which is a startup under Alphabet Inc just like Google. The collaboration is aimed at bringing deep learning technologies to smartphones.
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Google has started rolling out a new version of the Hangouts to Android users with a couple of features like quick replies, conversation shortcuts and more. The version 7.0 brings adds the ability for a user to reply to a Hangouts message without having to go into the app.
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The Nexus 5X has been receiving price cut after price cut especially in India and now the 5X and the Nexus 6P have received similar price cuts in USA. The Nexus 5X and Gold Nexus 6P have received a US$ 50 price cut.
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Inbox by Gmail is getting a new update that will make it easy for users to find important information which is buried inside your emails. The app is getting ‘answers at glance’ and ‘streamlined search results’.
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Just yesterday, we told you about a new security flaw that has been spotted and that it could possibly affect around 66% of the Android devices at risk. Now, Google has recognised the flaw but claims that the number of devices that will be affected is much smaller in reality.
Continue reading “Linux Kernel Exploit might not affect as many Android devices as expected”
Having your company’s search bar on the Apple iPhone doesn’t come cheap. Google have apparently paid a very hefty sum to keep their search bar on the Apple iPhone.
Indian Railways, RailTel and Google today launched free WiFi at the Mumbai Central station, as expected. “The Wi-Fi will be entirely free to start and the long-term goal will be making this self-sustainable to allow for expansion to more stations and places, with RailTel and other partners, in the future,” said Google. Continue reading “Mumbai Central station gets Google’s free RailWire Wi-Fi”
Earlier this month, Google was testing new colorful design for weather cards in Google Now and search. Now, the company is officially announcing the new weather cards that are vibrant and offers a detailed information on weather conditions.
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Google had announced last month that it will launch RailWire Wifi to provide free WiFi in train stations in January 2016. Mumbai Central will now be the first station to benefit from Google’s new initiative and starting tomorrow passengers using Mumbai Central will be able access high speed internet.
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Google has unveiled real time ads, a new ad unit that aims to help marketers take advantage of live events. Real-time ads give marketers the opportunity to instantly publish relevant, timely ads across YouTube, apps, and the 2 million sites included in the Google Display Network.
It has been rumoured for a while that Whatsapp is working on an end-to-end encryption solution for its IM on the Android platform. A new screenshot shows a beta version which shows the security screen and proves that such a feature is in the works.
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A new vulnerability in the Linux kernel could put around 66% of Android devices as well as Linux PCs and servers at risk of malicious attacks.
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Just yesterday, a new rumor stated that Google will release two Nexus devices this year similar to 2015. Now, some new information about the two Nexus devices has surfaced and this one is coming from @LlabTooFeR.
Continue reading “HTC Nexus devices rumored to be codenamed as T50 and T55”
A new rumor indicates that Google will launch two phones in 2016 as well just like they did with the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P in 2015. However, the more interesting tidbit is that both the phones might be manufactured by HTC.
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